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Comment by colkassad | Hacker News Reader

Regarding hellbanning, I just checked nodrama's history as well and there are a lot of posts by nodrama since he/she was hellbanned. I tend to think before I post so even a small reply by me may have taken me five or more minutes to think about before composing.

It's sad to think of all the wasted time this person is spending posting here, all because he/she called someone's post "stupid". Hellbanning should be reserved for true trolls.

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It was a comment worth downvoting, but every other commenter on the post agreed with him, and the post itself was flagged into oblivion. Hellbanning is a pretty harsh sentence for something that probably only deserved negative karma.

Even worse, qrafti.com is a joke/troll site. It's not particular surprising that nodrama fell for it. The joke is not revealed until you try and use the site. nodrama cannot be faulted for only reading the cover copy.

If you have showdead on, you can check it out at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4217358

Moderators, please correct this injustice. Thanks.

Moderation around here is hardly transparent, I doubt we'll see anything change any time soon.

This seems like an especially egregious case. Where does one complain/appeal round here?

You send a very short email to pg with links to your user name and comments, and asking for an unban.

Or you just create a new username.

Except the point of hellbanning is that the accused never knows they've been banned.

Which is why it seems particular unjust in borderline cases. It should be reserved for intentional trolls and spammer only.

There seems to be something of a problem with hellbanning here, in the last few months. I've actually turned showdead on because comment death -- at least in the middle of the page -- no longer seems a reasonable predictor of comment quality.

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